Weight Loss & Obesity News & Features

Among U.S. men, for example, the rising rates of overweight and obesity seen since 1999 leveled off between 2009 and 2012. But they took off again in 2015-2016, when 75 percent of men were overweight or obese.

A new federal government survey found that about one-quarter of Americans "acquire" nearly 1,300 calories at work every week. Even worse, the survey only included foods people didn't bring to work themselves, and food they didn't purchase from outside vendors.

Just over 60 percent of those ages 6 to 11 months averaged just under 1 teaspoon of added sugar a day. That rose to 98 percent among those babies 12 to 18 months, who averaged 5.5 teaspoons of added sugar a day.

Twelve people have died from complications related to weight-loss balloons. While the total number of deaths is small compared to the number of procedures, it is high enough for the FDA to issue a warning.

Doctors had expected it to be 12 lbs and were surprised that it was actually 30 lbs.

A new review found that certain cancers associated with people over 50 now affect people at younger ages more frequently. And obesity may be to blame.

One of the new studies tracked the relationship histories of nearly 2,000 obese Swedes who underwent weight-loss surgery over 10 years. The investigators compared the patients with about 1,900 obese adults who did not have surgery.

The nerve's proper name is the posterior vagal trunk and it's part of the larger vagus nerve that's linked with the heart, lungs and digestive system, ABC News reported.

Meanwhile, about 18.5 percent of kids were obese in 2015-2016, compared with 17 percent in 2007-2008.

In the study, the researchers found that people with a BMI between 22 and 23 had the lowest risk of heart disease.

While obesity raises heart attack risk in both sexes, women with bigger waists and waist-to-hip ratios have greater odds for a heart attack than men who have a similar apple-shaped body, a large British study finds.

By the end of the study period, the investigators found a wide range of results. Some dieters lost as much as 60 pounds, while others gained as much as 20.

Cutting back on calorie consumption is likely to spark changes that permanently boost appetite among obese men and women, Norwegian researchers report.

Widely used manmade chemicals called perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may undermine dieters' attempts to maintain weight loss by slowing down the body's metabolism, the new study suggests.

The study linked those simple changes to a smaller waist, and lower rates of obesity and overweight.

Doctors usually recommend patients try different types of diet and exercise for at least five years before considering weight-loss surgery.

The researchers say their findings may help explain why high obesity rates in the United States tend to cluster in certain geographic areas.

Although vegetarian eating does have a stellar health reputation, recent news has focused on what could be bad about vegetarian diets and more stringent vegan plans, including reports of hair loss and depression.

A new study suggests that even those who carry an inherited predisposition to pack on excess pounds are not destined to become obese.

For the study, researchers tracked 242 adolescents for three years after they had weight-loss surgery.

Small steps can make a big difference in your body and health.

A new study suggests there are "critical windows" where a path to weight gain can be changed to keep overweight children from becoming overweight adults.

More than four decades ago, a study in rats funded by the sugar industry found evidence linking the sweetener to heart disease and bladder cancer, the paper trail investigation reports.

About 23 percent of the women included in the study were obese.

Overall, the number of adults who said they drank a sugary beverage on a daily basis dropped by 12 percentage points between 2003 and 2014, Harvard researchers said, and by 19 percentage points among kids.